Garment-supporting loop



(No Model.)

L.G. ABBOTT. GARMENT SUPPORTING LOOP.

Patented May 3, 1892.

\X/l 5 E5 piles UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD G. ABBOTT, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF TWO-FIFTHS TO I/VILLIAM WVALLACE GUILFORD, OF WVESTMEDFORD, AND CUMMER, JONES & 00., OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTING LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,313, dated May 3,1892.

Application filed September 22, 1891. Serial No. 406,469. (No model.)

T0 or whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD G. ABBOTT, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York,have invented an Improvement inGarment-Supporting Loops or Chains, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

Prior to this invention several different forms or varieties of chainshave been attached to garments inside the necks or collars by metallicanchors.

My invention has for its object to provide novel means for securing theconnecting or suspending chain to the garment in an attractive andserviceable manner, and by means whereby the chain cannot becomedisconnected, and so as to avoid any square corners or projections, thechain attached in accordance with this invention presenting a very neatand tidy appearance.

Figure 1 represents part of a garment pro vided with a suspending loopembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a section on the line 00, Fig. 1; Fig.3, an under side view of the fastening partially bent; Fig. 4, a bottomside view of the Washer or anchor; and Fig. 5, a section on the line 00,Fig. 4.

In the drawings, arepresents part of a garment of any usual kind, and ba chain forming part of my improved loop or suspending device.

My invention lies in a novel manner of securing the chain to thegarment.

The attaching device consists of a twopronged staple 0, having itsT-shaped head inclosed by a cap d, and a concavo-convex anchor e, havinga central opening 3 for the legs of the fastener and notched at theedge, as at 2 2, to enable the legs passed through the garment a, andthe central hole of the anchor to be bent into the said notches and theextremities of the legs to be inturned within the concaved inner side ofthe anchor, as in Fig. 2. Turning the points of the legs inside of theconcavo-convex anchor, the said legs restingin notches, aftordsastron g,smooth, and compact fastening which will not interfere with the set ofthe garment and which will not tear out. The fastening is extendedthrough the endmost links of the chain or a loop oreye thereof.

In Fig. 2 the thickness of the prongs is exaggerated; but in practicethe entire substance of the ends of the prongs will be wholly within theconcaved rear side of the anchor and not be embedded into the material.

It is not intended to limit this invention to the exact shape shown forthe staple or fastening, as instead of the particular staple or prongedfastening shown I may use any other usual two-pronged fastener, and inthe event of using a regular staple the crown Will constitute a head inthe sense in which the term head is used in the claim.

I am aware that a chain connecting two staples has been used as asupporting device. I am also aware that a button has been attached to afabric by a two-pronged staple, each leg of the staple entering aseparate hole in an anchor, which anchor has an annular cavity near itsperiphery and a notch near its edge, the concave side of the concavitybeing turned toward the material and the legs of the staple turnedoppositely and into said concavity. I am also aware that a two-prongedstaple has been used with a fiat anchor notched at the edges andprovided with a hole through the middle, and I am also aware that aconcave anchor having at one side a long tongue has been used forsecuring buttons, the tongue passing through the fabric twice andthrough the button-shank, and then being returned through a raisedslotted portion of the anchor; but Ido not claim any of theseconstructions, as they are not of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I desire to claim asnew is- Theherein-described garment-snpending loop, consisting of a chain, a headedtwopronged staple connected to each end of the chain, the prongs of saidstaple being adapted to pass through a single opening in the material,and a concavo-convex anchor having a hole in the center to receive bothstaple-prongs and notches or openings at or near its base diametricallyopposite each other, the concaved vside of the anchor being turnedtoward the material, the prongs of the staple being extended through thecenter hole over the outside of the anchor in opposite directions andretu rned to the interior of the anchor through said openings ornotches, the extremities of the prongs being concealed therein,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of IQ two subscribing Witnesses. i

LEONARD G. ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

GEo. W. GREGORY, EMMA J. BENNETT.

